1Andalusian School of Public Health, Campus Universitario de Cartuja, 18080 Granada, Spain

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Strategies to destroy the welfare state are inspired by the American social model, in which poverty is a consequence of idleness and never misfortune.1 Such strategies have reached Spain.2 Last month, under the pretext of trying to save money on healthcare, the Spanish conservative government approved a royal decree law (a legislative instrument for use only in emergencies) that radically undermines the foundations …